Bay Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Friday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Big Game from Tonga As Leuzinger Won 34-7
Starting off the list is Leuzinger's Journee Tonga, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Tonga rushed for 246 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, and also picked up 36 receiving yards. Tonga is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 101 every time he's taken the field this season.
On the year, Tonga has averaged 38.8 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he had two rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to 23.
Gamescore: 66.17
Ryan Rakowski Delivers Best Performance of Season
Palos Verdes was led to victory by Ryan Rakowski, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Rakowski threw for 304 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 30 yards and two touchdowns.
Palos Verdes pushed their record up to 4-4 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Rakowski and Palos Verdes are taking a road trip to square off against Inglewood at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 49.17
Kingston Tisdell's Big Game Leads Inglewood over Mira Costa
Kingston Tisdell's big game helped extend Inglewood's winning streak to eight on Friday. Tisdell did his part (and then some), throwing for 252 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 51 yards for the 'W'. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Inglewood's win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0. Tisdell and Inglewood will square off against Palos Verdes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 33.10
A Season-Best Performance from Josh Williams Leads Palos Verdes over Lawndale
Josh Williams produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Palos Verdes to the win on Friday. Williams picked up 3.5 sacks and made five total tackles (4.5 for loss).
This year, Williams has averaged 4.5 total tackles per game and for the season has 4.5 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.5 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 29.75
Williams Wright Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Inglewood was led to victory by Williams Wright, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Wright picked up two sacks, forced a fumble, and made seven total tackles. Thanks to that strong showing, he's now averaging 5.2 total tackles per game. He is on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last four games he's played.
For the season, Wright has averaged 5.2 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 sacks.
Gamescore: 25.75
Other Notable Players
- Evan Aguirre: 128 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 25.38)
- Liam Meeker: 73 yards passing; 132 yards rushing (Gamescore: 23.87)
- Venilaite Wolfgramm Iii: 13 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 23.50)
- Elija Harmon: 1 sack and 10 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.50)
- Myels Smith: 1 sack and 8 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.25)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
